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Hepatitis A: EFSA and ECDC publish a joint rapid outbreak assessment
16 April 2013 | By EFSA
FSA is working closely with ECDC to help identify the origin of the recent outbreak of Hepatitis A virus infection...
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Very low levels of bute found in Asda ‘Smart Price Corned Beef’
9 April 2013 | By FSA
The FSA has been informed by Asda that very low levels of bute, have been found in 340g tins of its Smart Price Corned Beef...
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Update on Agency’s beef product survey
9 April 2013 | By FSA
The FSA has confirmed results for four of the remaining five samples relating to the Agency’s UK-wide sampling programme of beef products...
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Hungarian horse meat labelled as beef
22 March 2013 | By Food Standards Agency (FSA)
The Food Standards Agency has been informed by Lancashire County Council that it has identified 100kg of horse meat imported from Hungary labelled as beef...
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Burger company withdraws products
22 March 2013 | By Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Testing has shown that three samples of beef burger products made by The Burger Manufacturing Company, have tested positive for at least 1% horse meat...
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Cutting plant suspension lifted
18 March 2013 | By Food Standards Agency (FSA)
The FSA has granted conditional approval to the Aberystwyth meat plant that had its approval suspended during the horse meat investigations...
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Update on progress of FSA beef product surveys
8 March 2013 | By Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Sampling of the first and second phases of the Food Standards Agency's UK-wide survey of beef products has been completed...
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EU agencies to advise on risks from phenylbutazone in horsemeat
7 March 2013 | By European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
EC has asked the EFSA and the EMA to carry out a joint assessment of the risks to human health from the presence in horsemeat...
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Third FSA update on testing of beef products for horse DNA
1 March 2013 | By Food Standards Agency (FSA)
The FSA has received the third set of test results from the food industry, which has been checking for the presence of horse DNA...
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Update on EU sampling programme
28 February 2013 | By Food Standards Agency (FSA)
The FSA is publishing further details of the European Union sampling programme that was agreed by member states...
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Study calls for new research on E.coli in cattle
26 February 2013 | By Food Standards Agency (FSA)
A report has recommended that the use of livestock feed additives and cattle vaccines should be investigated...
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FSA update on testing of beef products for horse DNA
22 February 2013 | By Food Standards Agency (FSA)
The FSA has received the second set of test results from the food industry, which has been checking for the presence of horse DNA...
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A message from Findus UK
22 February 2013 | By Findus UK
Findus UK can now confirm that ‘bute’ (phenylbutazone) was not found in the Beef Lasagne (withdrawn from sale on the 4th February)...
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Birds Eye UK & IRE core product recall statement
22 February 2013 | By Birds Eye
One product sold in Belgium, Chilli Con Carne, produced by Frigilunch N.V., has tested positive for horse DNA...
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Food Safety supplement 2013
22 February 2013 | By Dr Hilde Kruse, Helen Bahia, Knuth Lorenzen
Antibiotic resistance: a major concern for food safety (Dr Hilde Kruse, Programme Manager Food Safety, WHO Regional Office for Europe)Meat contamination in Europe (Helen Bahia, Editor, New Food)CIP tank farm arrangements (Knuth Lorenzen, EHEDG President)
